Live EP

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Live EP
Live album by The Mars Volta
Released	July 2003
Recorded	2003 live at XFM Studio & Electric Ballroom, London
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	42:29
Label	Gold Standard Laboratories Universal Records Strummer
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The Mars Volta chronology
De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003)	Live EP (2003)	Frances the Mute (2005)

Live EP is the first officially released live recording from the band The Mars Volta. The EP was released in limited quantities in 2003 and is now difficult to find. The first two tracks were recorded live at the XFM Studio in London, 2003. The last two tracks were recorded at the Electric Ballroom in London on July 9, 2003.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" – 9:29
2. "Drunkship of Lanterns" – 9:38
3. "Cicatriz ESP" – 16:03
4. "Televators" – 7:18

[edit] Australian Release (Televators Single)

The Mars Volta repackaged the Live EP and released it as an Australian-only single for "Televators" in January, 2004, coinciding with their tour with the Big Day Out. It featured the recorded version of Televators, and then the same four live tracks.

1. "Televators" - (album version) - 6:18
2. "Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)" – 9:29
3. "Drunkship of Lanterns" – 9:38
4. "Cicatriz ESP" – 16:03
5. "Televators" – 7:18

[edit] Miscellanea

• During "Drunkship of Lanterns", the band works in an early version of a section from the song "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus" (of the album Frances the Mute (2005)). This section (sometimes jokingly referred to as "the Omar Freakout session") is now referred to by fans as "The Drunkship Jam"
• The art is from the fable of Arachne (also Arachné). It has also been used as the backdrop during the band's live performances.
• Due to its limited release, the EP has become somewhat of a collectors item among Volta fans, sometimes fetching up to $150 on eBay.
• This EP can also be found as a bonus disc included with their album De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003).

The Mars Volta
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez | Cedric Bixler-Zavala Isaiah Ikey Owens | Juan Alderete | Thomas Pridgen | Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez | Adrian Terrazas-Gonzales | Paul Hinojos
Former members
Eva Gardner | Jeremy Michael Ward | Jon Theodore
Discography
Albums: De-Loused in the Comatorium | Frances the Mute | Scabdates | A Missing Chromosome | Amputechture Extended plays: Tremulant EP | Live EP Singles: "Inertiatic ESP" | "Televators" | "The Widow" | "L'Via L'Viaquez" | "Viscera Eyes"